‘Painting amongst other things’ brings together works by Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Tuttle, Raquel Ormella, Lynda Benglis, Ti Parks, Merlin James, Peter Alwast, Natasha Kidd and Karl Wiebke among others, examining how contemporary painting might be encountered within an expanded field. The exhibition juxtaposes significant historical precedents and contemporary works, showing how artists have continually reappraised the boundaries of their art by means of an engagement with ‘the real’.
Lynda Benglis, Roberta (detail), 1974, enamel, sculpmetal and tinsel on aluminium screeing and foil, 79.1 x 89.1 x 41.3cm. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. Purchased 1975 © Lynda Benglis/VAGA
Giving paintings the characteristics of objects, reassessing their physicality, spatialising their elements – these are well known devices for challenging and breaking down the four-squareness of painterly autonomy. Equally relevant to this exhibition is the artists’ exploration of new media and processes, their strategies of collaboration and their radical repurposing of objects and found materials.
ANU Drill Hall Gallery
10 August to 7 October, 2018
Australian Capital Territory
